The "damaged on route" to auction griff on fleabay,

[TJC46]

Best of luck to anyone who buys it.
The original story http://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/going...

The ebay ad http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-GRIFFITH-500-/320899...

[Timja]

And this is why you shouldnt roll your car... scary!

May be alright for someone wanting wheels, chassis and engine though...

[VictorMeldrew]

Sad. It did look to be a peach before its tumble. "The Navy blue hood is no longer in very good condition". Fixed that.

[Mark.]

Best looking Griff I've seen for a long time

[rigga]

Well its obviously not going to reach its pre damaged advertised value, so who's making the shortfall up ? if the transport company insurers have paid out I wonder how much,as its stated hpi clear it wasn't written off so I wonder if the owner is going to out of pocket when its eventually sold ?

[dhf]

Timja said:

And this is why you shouldnt roll your car... scary!

May be alright for someone wanting wheels, chassis and engine though...

Surely you mean "Catapult" ?

[900T-R]

Timja said:

And this is why you shouldnt roll your car... scary!

Small difference between rolling your car, or it falling head first from the top deck of a trailer, though.
Only cars I'd trust not to be flattened when dropped that way are Scandinavian ones, as the most common accident over there involves 600 kgs worth of elk coming through ones windscreen so they strengthened the A-pillars in accordance...

[900T-R]

That 430 Chim that comes up when you click that link at £3.3K with 17 hours to go looks like a somewhat better bet though... although I've no idea where the reserve is set and it does have chav rear lights...

[Gazzab]

And how anyone might expect a convertible with no roll bar to do well in a roll I dont know....

[Don1]

How much do the 500 motors sell for normally?

[Gazzab]

I see it must have sold off line....assume TVR Dean will have paid £5K for it and sell it on for £6k.

[nicholasshaw]

Sounds about right, it's here now...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-GRIFFITH-500-5LTR-BR...

[rigga]

And it still,has,17" estorils .....

[Timja]

900T-R said:

Small difference between rolling your car, or it falling head first from the top deck of a trailer, though.
Only cars I'd trust not to be flattened when dropped that way are Scandinavian ones, as the most common accident over there involves 600 kgs worth of elk coming through ones windscreen so they strengthened the A-pillars in accordance...

I was guessing from the damage it may have hit the front corner then fallen onto roof... not that different to rolling at speed i would imagine...

[LukeSi]

Griffith speedster?

[dhf]

Timja said:

I was guessing from the damage it may have hit the front corner then fallen onto roof... not that different to rolling at speed i would imagine...

If you think of the physics involved going from zero to somersalting over the cab of the lorry i'm amazed there wasn't more damage,you try and replicate that on the road and you'd be doing some seriously wierd stuff...